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I know I didn’t say anything about it, but, Trixie-the-Wonder-Dog has been under the weather.
A change in her rations and a dose of wormer and she’s back to her old self.
And even though her old self is actually kinda gettin’ up there in dog years, (which I will go to the grave not knowing or caring how to figure out, )(I am just happy that she and Slim were born in the same year, saving me the trouble of remembering how old she is, same as Slim, easy) she’s very spry. I’m sure that’s due to her Border Collie heritage. Not full Border Collie mind you, I do have some sense in my head. But enough so that she has a pretty good herding instinct and lots of guard dog sense.
But it kinda goes downhill from there. She finds it to be of the utmost importance to guard us from our next-door neighbor, our friends and all squirrels.
And when the kids were younger (and hence, shorter) she would herd ‘em when they were out in the back yard, depending on her mood, either to the back door or away from it. Now that the kids are all bigger than her she doesn’t try to herd them anymore, but it was cute and scary when she did.
Anyway, back to the squirrels. We have one tree by our back fence where a certain squirrel hangs out just to taunt my Wonder-Dog. You know how squirrels are! And poor Trix, she never gives up. This feud has gone on for years. Mostly it’s the barking, but there is also some chatterring and a bit of chasing, but the squirrel is on the top fence rail for that part of it and has NEVER fallen off, even though Trixie has resorted to hurling her whole 20 pounds at the fence in an effort to dislodge old “Nutsy” (yes, we watch the Disney Robin Hood) he always stays on that top rail running to beat the band.
Neither animal has learned a thing in all these years. They go through this whole routine EVERY TIME THEY SEE EACH OTHER!
So, when I started typing this post they were at it again. Rowdy wanted to know how long squirrels live. Well, I had to google that. It was one of those times I had to confess, ”I know lots of useless facts son, but squirrel longevity ain’t one of ‘em.” I’m guessin’ he’s ready for Nutsy to ride off into the sunset, so to speak.
I found the cutest site with many, MANY, many useless facts about squirrels and nothin’ else. Very cute, and handy for my current querry.
A few minutes ago I went out back and snapped these pics. If I left her out there she would bark until Nutsy decided to abandon his post which might be a while. I’m sure he gets a big kick outta driving my dog mad.
Anyway, I got to lookin’ at my pictures and I’ll be hanged it I can see a squirrel in that tree!
No, no, no, we are not gonna do this! Trixie, if you start barkin’ at imaginary squirrels…
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